Antibiotics

Over-the-counter sales of antibiotics and their consequential misuse and overuse by consumers is a big challenge in Ukraine. Some people are unable or unwilling to see a doctor for medical advice, so they buy medicines such as antibiotics without a clear diagnosis and prescription. Instead, they rely on their own…

The US CDC also paints a worrying picture for serious Covid-19 patients due to AMR. (Representational picture: PTI) Antimicrobials are being misused outside of hospital settings, and drugs such as ivermectin and chloroquine are being used as unproven treatments.Reuters Last Updated:November 18, 2021, 06:53 ISTFOLLOW US ON:Overuse of antibiotics and…

Gram-negative bacteria are the cause of some of the deadliest infections in hospital settings. The bacteria tend to be resistant to treatment with existing antibiotics. For decades, scientists have been finding antibiotics that work against Gram-negative bacteria. In a new study, scientists from the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign have developed…

Soils are home to diverse microbial communities that cycle nutrients, support agriculture, and trap carbon -- an important service for climate mitigation. Globally, around 80% of Earth's terrestrial carbon stores are found in soils. Due to climate warming and other human activities that affect soil microorganisms, this important carbon sink…

In adults with febrile urinary tract infection (UTI), use of a "forgotten antibiotic" called temocillin led to less disturbance of the intestinal microbiota than cefotaxime, with significantly lower Enterobacterales proportions, according to a study report in The Lancet Infectious Diseases. Susceptibility to third-generation cephalosporins was also lowered in patients receiving…

Acute appendicitis treated with antibiotics often ends up being treated with appendectomy, longer-term follow-up of the CODA Collaborative trial showed. In the antibiotics group, 40% had surgery to remove their appendix by 1 year, which rose to 46% by year 2, reported David Flum, MD, MPH, of the University of…

This immunotherapeutic enhances human neutrophil (blue nuclear stain, Hoeschest) phagocytosis of S. aureus (red, pHrodo stain). Credit: (C) Dr. Jennifer Payne A multi-disciplinary project driven by EMBL Australia researchers at Monash University and Harvard University has found a way to make antibiotics more effective against antibiotic-resistant bacteria — also known…

Scientists have found half of prawns sampled were contaminated with Vibrio in the United Kingdom but the strains of bacteria identified do not cause severe disease in humans. Quadram Institute researchers studied Vibrio in prawns in the UK to understand the bacterium’s contribution to human disease and its resistance to antibiotics.…

The former US president Bill Clinton’s health is improving but he will remain in a California hospital for at least another night to receive antibiotics intravenously for a urological infection that spread to his bloodstream, his spokesperson said on Friday. The 75-year-old Clinton, who served as president from 1993 to…

Bill Clinton was admitted two days ago to a hospital in Los Angeles for treatment of a “non-Covid infection”, a spokesman said. The former US president is suffering from a urinary tract infection that spread to his bloodstream, CNN has reported, adding on Friday that doctors and his staff said…